Patient Care Technician/Nursing Assistant Psychiatry Part Time Nights

• Assists patients with basic needs including bathing, grooming, dressing, eating and using the restroom.
• Regularly measures and records vital signs such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiration.
• Draws blood, urine, or stool samples for testing.
• Obtains blood glucose levels, EKGs.
• Performing constant observation and proactive safety rounds, performing activities of daily living assistance; engaging patients in meaningful interaction and activities.
• Immediately reports and changes in a patient’s condition to the nursing staff.
• Maintaining safe, clean, and therapeutic environments; responding to patient call bells; answering phones; property and environment searches.
• Ordering, maintaining, and putting away supplies; other duties as assigned.
• Assists patients in moving around, transferring them to and from beds, wheelchairs and other devices.
• Acts as a liaison between patients, families and medical staff.
• Provides comfort and reassurance to patients and their families.

Required Experience & Qualifications:

• Basic Life Support (“BLS”) certification required.
• PCT certification required within first year of employment.

Preferred Experience & Qualifications:

• High school Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Prior experience in a Nursing Assistant role in a hospital, nursing home, or ambulatory setting preferred.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.